The live-action telling of Ryu's early days is now available to watch. So good you'll want to smash a stranger's car for bonus points!
Years ago, an attempt at a GI Joe screenplay was mutated into a pile of camp meant to represent Street Fighter. Years later, Chun-Li was given her own movie and it was embarrassing to watch. Now it's time for the third swing with Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist.
Yes, the wait is over. In the Machinima corner of YouTube, the live-action web series has finally shown itself. While Street Fighter has a cast of well over 60 warriors (not to mention shared universe guys like Mike Haggar), Assassin's Fist focuses on the main characters, Ryu and Ken, as well as their master Gouken and unstoppable nemesis Akuma. Through the episodes, Ryu and Ken train together while gradually learning about Gouken's tragic history and the brother lost to the dark side of their martial art.
Check it out! Also, check out my interview with Joey Ansah, the co-writer and director who portrays the post-transformation Akuma.
STREET FIGHTER: ASSASSIN’S FIST PREMIERES TODAY ON MACHINIMAAll episodes of STREET FIGHTER: ASSASSIN’S FIST are now available on Machinima!
Through the coming of age story of Ken & Ryu, we are shown the backstory of some of the game’s most iconic characters, and over the course of the series we will see how the past, present, and future of all of those characters are intertwined, as the battle to become Ansatsuken Master threatens to tear apart another generation of brothers.
STREET FIGHTER: ASSASSIN’S FIST, which is distributed by Content Media and presented by the all-new 2015 Honda Fit, is the brainchild of Joey Ansah (The Bourne Ultimatum, Snow White and the Huntsman). Ansah, who also stars in the series (Akuma), wrote the script with Christian Howard, who reprises his role as Ken Masters from the original fan film. The series also stars Mike Moh as Ryu, Togo Igawa (47 Ronin, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai) as Gōtetsu, Akira Koieyama as Gōken, Gaku Space as Gōki, Mark Killeen (300: Rise of an Empire, The Dark Knight Rises) as Mr. Masters, and Hal Yamanouchi (The Wolverine, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) as Senzo.
Series Producer is Jacqueline Quella (Romanzo Criminale, Don’t Tell). The series is produced by Assassin’s Fist Limited (a UK based company) in association with Lonely Rock Productions, Gloucester Place Films, Capcom U.S.A., Inc. and Evropa Film.
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I started watching this last night and was immediately hooked. Very impressive series.